ARP OMNI-2

Published on Oct 3, 2013 New England Analog LLC·30 videos

"This video is a quick overview of what is generally needed to restore an ARP Omni synthesizer. This always entails replacing all capacitors, opamps and logic chips. We also rebuild the key mechanism and power suppy. Wood sides are often installed to replace the worn out leather. A typical Omni rebuild takes about 18 hours for us to do. We offer parts kits that include all needed caps and chips for those who have the skills to do the work themselves. For more info about this and other synths, check out or channel or go to our site, www.NewEnglandAnalog.com."

4ms QCD beta test 9b

Published on Oct 3, 2013 Ebotronix·800 videos

4ms Quad Clock Distributor, beta test 9b, synth and drum trigger
QCD Div / Mult cv ins by 2x Wogglebug , 2ch Sportmodulator and 4x A138c
red bass to CM arp out to uncles ,Grendel FF ,RS 110, QMMG / Maths, A134
black to 104 Seq ,CM chords to antis mayhem, RS 110 ,QMMG / Maths, A134
blue to Brains PP, Quantimator's to freqboxes, RS110, QMMG / Maths, A134
green CM antis tri, ringmod with ZO Quad murf outs ,RS110 QMMG / Maths, A134
panning by Maths, Peg & A143-9 to A 175 , A134
Vocoder by R2m,antis,TSM ,SL20
second audio track for drums triggered by QCD with random Div /Mult
kick RS 110, QMMG,A134
noise Arp Odyssey to 3x RS110 QMMG A 134
+ ~ -
4ms Peg, OCD, RCD²
Analogue Systems RS110²²,RS 360²
Arp Odyssey white noise source
Bananalogue VCS
Cyndustries ZO
Doepfer R2m, A134²² ,A143-9 ,A 149-1, A185-2, A 138c
Flame Chord Machine, Talking Synth Module
Grendel Formant Filter
foh choices
Make Noise Brains,PP², Maths²,Moddemix,Optomix,QMMG,René, Wogglebug²
Malekko Anti Oscillator²² ,Uncle³,Jag
MoogFreqbox²²,CP251
Oberheim Sem, Sync scanner by Z8000 to A 156 trigger out to VCS to Optomix
Roland 104 Sequencer, SVC 350
SSL Modulation Orgy
Tip Top Audio Z8000 manual voltage source
Toppobrillo Quantimator², Sportmodulator
Logic masterclock to Kenton Pro 2000² to QCD,RCD
FX :Alesis 3630,Boss SL20, VF 1,BSS DPR 402, Lexicon PCM80/90,Line6 echopro
mackie the mixer²

Olegtron* 4060 introduction

Published on Oct 2, 2013 Olli Suorlahti·15 videos

"An introduction to a new signal and sequence generating unit with a new approach to programming: Olegtron*4060! Perfect for electronic musicians, circuit benders, electronics builders, children and grown ups! Place your orders soon, units ship on a first come first serve-principle."

See the Olegtron label for previous posts dating back to 2006 including a bicycle synth!  It's great to see the history of unique pieces of gear and how they evolve over time. You never know what they will become.

Nord Lead 4 Program Library

"Sound demos of the Performances and Programs available for download in the Nord Lead 4 Program Library: www.nordkeyboards.com/main.asp?tm=So…ib=Nord_Lead_4"

Nord Leads on eBay  Details on each bank:

ASL SoundLab Bank #1 NEW

ASL SoundLab is UK sound designer Rob Jevons. His client lists includes sound design / synth programming for Elektron (Octatrack) , Access (Virus TI2) and content supplier for Native Instruments (Massive, Maschine). He's been working closely with UK band Hounds on production duties for their debut album which will be released later this year.

50 Performances and 99 Programs in total.

Kristofer Ulfves Bank NEW

The Nord Lead 4 program library of Clavia employee Kristofer Ulfves is much inspired by classic analogue synthesisers, electric pianos and string machines. In this 99 programs he has tried to capture the vintage sound sweetspots in the Nord Lead 4.

99 Single Programs in total.

Federico Solazzo Bank NEW

Federico tells us "my aim in designing these sounds was to make this synth react and interact with the users, "forcing" them to listen and react as well! Like a massive synth in a real acoustic instrument behavior box! It will never sound the same, and it will take time to learn how to play with its reactions".

Federico Solazzo is a sophisticated and eclectic pianist of funk-soul origins. At the moment, he’s playing along (as keyboardist, musical director and programmer) with Italian pop-star Alexia on her world tour and with the band of the amazing Jamal Thomas (Maceo Parker’s drummer). He’s been endorsed by Nord Keyboards since 2008.

33 Performances and 68 Single Programs in total.

Ulf "Vinyl" Stenberg NEW

Ulf "Vinyl" Stenberg is a Swedish keyboard player/musician with over 30 years of experience playing synthesizers. He played with synth band Strasse in the 80's and has also worked ith big swedish names like Ted Gärdestad, Carola, Sanne Salomonsen, Ian Hunter, Mick Ronson, Dan Reed, Mats Ronander and Stefan Andersson. He also writes regularly for Musikermagasinet.

8 Performances and 41 Single Programs in total.

Åke Danielson NEW

With a career spanning more than 35 years, Åke Danielson is no newcomer in the Dutch music business. The Meteors, Time Bandits, Boudewijn de Groot, producing, composing and teaching at Codarts, Rotterdam. The moment (1997) he bought his first Nord (Modular), started a long-lasting friendship with Clavia. Åke is responsible for many factory presets in the Nord family of instruments and a large portion of the demos on the Clavia website.

18 Performances and 79 Single Programs in total.

Palle Dahlstedt NEW

All of Palle Dahlstedts sounds were created using the Mutator feature.

Palle Dahlstedt is a Swedish composer, improviser and researcher.As an artist, he collaborates with Japanese Noh theatres, Swedish choreographers, leading San Francisco improvisers, and Tibetan lamas. Right now, he's composing a new work to be performed in the Large Hadron Collider at CERN in 2014. Palle has worked with Clavia since 1998, in many different ways. For example, he designed the Patch Mutators of the Nord Modular G2 and the Nord Lead 4.

6 Performances and 70 Single Programs in total.

The Freemasons Bank

The Freemasons' sounds range from raging thick distorted pads and leads to Lush FM pianos and killer bass sounds. The Performance sounds are rich in texture and have plenty of goodies assigned to the Impulse Morph buttons too.

Over the last 8 years the Freemasons have become known as one of the finest remix and production teams in Club music. They've been Grammy nominated for their remixes of Beyonce and worked with a wide range of international artists including Depeche Mode, Katy Perry, Kylie, Kelly Rowland and Faith Evans.

Analogue Solutions Red Square Patchable Synthesizer Version 3 SN 3733

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"Analogue Solutions Red Square semi modular, patchable synthesizer. This is the newest Version 3 model. 2 VCOs, VCF, Midi to CV, LFO, 1/4 inch jacks...

From the manual:

Brief Overview of the Red Square:
Red Square is a patchable analogue monosynth that can also processor. It has some of the advantages of a modular synth (re-external control, external signal routing) and advantages of a pre-(easy to use, instant sound, tidy front panel). Its 1/4" jacks sockets integrated into a studio just like any synth or processor.
Note; all voltage ranges quoted are approximate.

VCO1
Glide, sync in, triangle out, saw out, square out, sub oscillator
VCO2
Glide, triangle out, saw out, square out
Square 0 to 7v
Saw 0 to 5v
Triangle 0 to 6v
VCF
Low pass filter, cut-off CV, Q CV, cross modulation from VCO1, modulation
VCA
Mode switch, CV control
EG1
AR envelope with switchable sustain/release
Range -7v to +7v
EG2
Full ADSR envelope with normal or inverted output
Range -7 to +7v
VC LFO
Speed CV, saw, inverse saw, square and triangle outputs
Saw / Inverted Saw 0 to 8v
Triangle -8V to +8V
Square 0 to 8v
Sample and Hold
Lag control
Noise Generator
White noise
Ring Modulation

MIDI to CV Converter
16 bit high resolution with auxiliary controller CV output
Headphone output

Multiples:
2x 4 ways
1x 5 way
Many other features.

Rotary controls: 31
Push button: 1
Switches
3 push pull
2 slide
1 momentary
LEDs: 4

Jack sockets (6.35mm, mono - 1 is stereo); 52

Rugged steel and aluminum construction

Dimensions:
5U/5HE (222mm high).
Width (not inc. ears): 435mm. (inc. ears) 483mm.
Depth: 145mm
Weight: 5.5Kg
Power: 230V or 115V (switchable), IEC socket, 2x Fuses
Accessories: Manual, IEC power lead, patch leads"

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Easel Gone Wild

Published on Oct 2, 2013 Todd Barton·122 videos

"just a little contrast to my recent 3 uploads -- this time taking the Easel in to the wilderness. . ."

Wiard Waveform City Module

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"The Waveform City module starts with a Classic VCO core, and adds a digital waveshaping board. The waveshaping board is a DC-coupled non-linear function generator with 256 different transfer functions (arranged as a matrix of 16 X 16) selectable under analog control. The input is swept linearly by the analog sawtooth output. The primary function is to act as a PROM waveform playback unit.

This organizes the 16 X 16 matrix into "Waves" and "Banks". The Waves are organized into related 16 place "Wavetables". The position in the wavetable can be swept under voltage control. An envelope generator can be used to produce sounds imitative of filter sweeps, pulse width modulation, ring modulation and classic digital sounds. Special circuitry eliminates "clicking" on wave transitions. The non-linear function generator can also be used to process external sounds, whole patches and tracks.

The non-linear function generator can also act as a control voltage quantizer, taking a continuos 10 volt input and "remapping" it to various musical scales in a calibrated 1 volt per octave system. Additionally, non-linear synthesis is available and can replicate the function of modules usually called "Timbre Modulators".

Features:
• A three waveform pure analogue oscillator
• A digital non-linear function generator
• An Attack-Release Envelope Generator
• A Voltage Controlled Amplifier (VCA)
• A jack multiple"

SynthMaster Demo: Exploring the Factory Presets & Online Patch Sharing

Published on Oct 2, 2013

"Checking out some of the factory presets in the SynthMaster synthesizer from KV331 audio."

Product page: http://synthmaster.com
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4ms QCD beta test 9a

Published on Oct 2, 2013 Ebotronix·799 videos

4ms Quad Clock Distributor, beta test 9a, synth and drum trigger
QCD Div / Mult cv ins by 2x Wogglebug , 2ch Sportmodulator and 4x A138c
red bass to CM arp out to uncles ,Grendel FF ,RS 110, QMMG / Maths, A134
black to 104 Seq ,CM chords to antis mayhem, RS 110 ,QMMG / Maths, A134
blue to Brains PP, Quantimator's to freqboxes, RS110, QMMG / Maths, A134
green CM antis tri, ringmod with ZO Quad murf outs ,RS110 QMMG / Maths, A134
panning by Maths, Peg & A143-9 to A 175 , A134
Vocoder by R2m,antis,TSM ,SL20
second audio track for drums triggered by QCD with random Div /Mult
kick RS 110, QMMG,A134
noise Arp Odyssey to 3x RS110 QMMG A 134
+ ~ -
4ms Peg, OCD, RCD²
Analogue Systems RS110²²,RS 360²
Arp Odyssey white noise source
Bananalogue VCS
Cyndustries ZO
Doepfer R2m, A134²² ,A143-9 ,A 149-1, A185-2, A 138c
Flame Chord Machine, Talking Synth Module
Grendel Formant Filter
foh choices
Make Noise Brains,PP², Maths²,Moddemix,Optomix,QMMG,René, Wogglebug²
Malekko Anti Oscillator²² ,Uncle³,Jag
MoogFreqbox²²,CP251
Oberheim Sem, Sync scanner by Z8000 to A 156 trigger out to VCS to Optomix
Roland 104 Sequencer, SVC 350
SSL Modulation Orgy
Tip Top Audio Z8000 manual voltage source
Toppobrillo Quantimator², Sportmodulator
Logic masterclock to Kenton Pro 2000² to QCD,RCD
FX :Alesis 3630,Boss SL20, VF 1,BSS DPR 402, Lexicon PCM80/90,Line6 echopro
mackie the mixer²

A Progression of Angels

Published on Oct 2, 2013 davidryle·128 videos

"A new Encore Electronics Frequency Shifter prompted me to patch the modular synthsizer for this piece. This consists of a single vco (Synthetic Soundlabs 1200) with PWM from a Segwencer and CGS dual LFO. The pulse wave goes direct to the Encore FS and the Up and Down outs are routed to the Modcan 73B Dual Delay. The Frequency Shifter has a cv input from a Yusynth voltage controlled Quadrature LFO to make the bowed or pulsing sound.

The pitch voltage is from a synthesizers.com Q960 and Q119 sequencer pair. The Q960 is run into the Q119's ADD INPUT and the Q119 is shifted every 16th division of the Q960 by way of an SSL TTLFO and Moon Modular 554 Octal Divider. The divider also sends sync timings to the 73B delay

A final mix of the outputs of the FS are routed to the studio mixer through a panner and each channel is split off to a Strymon Blue Sky reverb. A final pair of reverbs are the Lexicon MX200 and TC Electronic D-Two.

Recorded in Cubase 6 and video processed by Apple Final Cut Pro."